It was a dreary, cold morning in the Pits. Murky was at his work desk in his bedroom, shivering and reading a chemistry book in hopes of perfecting his gloom formula. Suddenly, Murky heard several large thumping sounds from the upstairs. Although it was faint, Murky could hear Lurky singing.

"Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way!"

Murky clutched his head as Lurky's singing got louder and louder. Lurky's singing it made it harder for Murky to focus on his readings.

"Oh, great. It's that time of year again," Murky murmured to himself. "If I want to get anything done, better go upstairs and remind Chocolate Chip Brain that we don't celebrate Christmas in the Pits."

Murky leaped out of the chair. He picked up his helmet lying on his worktable and placed it on his head. Then Murky looked back and noticed a small box sitting on his right. He picked it up and slowly opened the box. When it was opened, coloured lights lit up the dark and dreary room. Murky stared at the light with a calm yet perplexed look on his face. Murky hated Star Sprinkles and he hated Christmas just as much, but looking at the present that Rainbow Brite gave Murky last year made Murky feel conflicted.

Meanwhile, Lurky was dancing around the living the room, decorating the broken down furniture with multicoloured tinsel.

"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" Lurky sang. He picked up a stick with a boxing glove on it and wrapped it with green tinsel. "There. That looks good on you! …After all these years, I have no clue what this thing is supposed to be..." Lurky said as he placed it back in a vase.

Lurky suddenly heard footsteps coming from the downstairs and he paused.

"Oh, Lurky?"

Lurky covered his eyes and said:

"Oh no, I forgot. Murky hates Christmas!" Lurky panicked as he heard Murky's footsteps getting louder. He gathered as much tinsel from the furniture as he could. Before Lurky knew it, Murky was in the living room. He saw Lurky running across the living room, picking up the tinsel that was lying on the furniture

"Lurky, what are you doing?"

Lurky looked back at Murky with a shocked look on his face.

"Nothing. I wasn't celebrating Christmas at all, Murky." Lurky stared down at the tinsel that he was holding. "I was just….just…. uh….umm…" Murky shook his head.

"Oh, never mind that, Persimmon Brain." He pointed at Lurky and said, "I've got some important news to tell you."

"Umm… What is it, Murky?" Lurky smiled.

"We're going to celebrate Christmas!"

Lurky looked at Murky with a confused look on his face.

"Wait… we are?"

Murky crossed his arms, irritated. "Yes, yes! We're celebrating Christmas this year!"

Lurky started to jump up and down.

"Oh, goody! It's my favourite time of the year! I can't wait to share Christmas with you! We're going to have more Christmas fun than last year! It's gonna be great, Murky!" Lurky realized something and stopped dancing. "But Murky, aren't we going try out some scheme to ruin Rainbow Brite's Christmas, like what we do every year?"

"No scheme this time, my friend. I'm taking a break from scheming for now."

"Really?" Lurky said with a puzzled look on his face. Even though Lurky liked the idea of celebrating Christmas with Murky, all of this seemed to be too good to be true.

"Oh, don't get your hopes up, Apple Crepe Breath; it's only going to be for the Christmas season. After that, we're back in business."

"Oh…." Lurky replied, antennae drooping lopsided. Lurky thought for a moment and suddenly, his face lit up. He walked towards the couch and started to decorate the couch with tinsel again. Murky glared at him.

"What are you doing Lurky?"

"Oh, I'm just decorating the room so it will look more Christmas-y." said Lurky. Murky grinned.

"We're not celebrating Christmas in the Pits. We're going on a vacation!"

"Okay." Lurky tilted his head. "But why?"

"Why, you ask? Because the farther we are from Rainbow Brat and her meddlesome friends, the better. I can't relax if those brats are nearby."

"But where are we going to celebrate Christmas, Murky?" Murky ran towards his laboratory signaled Lurky to come over with his arm.

"Come on, come on, Pickle Brain. I'll show you."

Lurky dropped the tinsel and followed Murky into the laboratory. Murky picked up an old, crumpled map of Rainbow Land on the floor and hopped onto the stool by his work desk. He rolled out the map and placed four beakers on the corners to keep it in place. Lurky peeked over Murky's shoulder so he could take a closer look.

"We are going to stay in that old Sprite house by the water mill," Murky said.

"You mean the one in the abandoned Sprite village? I dunno, Murky. It would be kind of lonely there, don't you think?" Lurky crossed his arms and added, "I mean, that place doesn't have anybody living there since the Dark One took over Rainbow Land."

"That why it's a perfect place for us to celebrate the Holidays; Rainbow Brat and her disgusting friends won't brother us." Murky jumped up from chair and ran past Lurky.

"Come on, Banana Brain. We got to hurry up and pack. It's going take a while for us to get there."

"Okay, Murky. I'll get ready as fast as I can!"

Murky and Lurky went downstairs to their rooms to back their personal belongings. Lurky didn't want to make Murky upset with him for taking too long, so he packed as quickly as he could. As soon as Lurky finished packing his personal belongings, he went upstairs to gather all the Christmas related items he could find and packed them in beaten up wooden boxes.

However, Murky was taking longer than usual to get ready. Murky carried a large pile of books to his worn out book bag. The books were so heavy, he swayed back and forth. He dropped the books on the stool and thought to himself: This should be enough books to keep me from getting bored. He packed the books into the book bag and glanced at his suitcases.

I got my blanket, my pillow, my books and my grey gun. This should be everything I need.

Then he noticed the small box on his work desk again. He sighed and opened the box, which lit up the room with rainbow coloured lights once more. Murky squinted his eyes since the lights were so bright and colourful.

"Murky! All my stuff is packed up!" Lurky shouted from the entrance.

Lurky's voice caught him off guard. Murky quickly closed the box and turned back to his luggage, trying to figure out where he could store the box. He saw the pocket in his oversized coat and hastily put the box into his coat pocket.

Lurky was outside loading the suitcases and boxes into the back of the Grunge Buggy. He stopped loading, as he suddenly heard footsteps. Lurky turned around and saw Murky carrying his luggage. The luggage was so heavy, Murky had a hard time lifting it; waddling back and forth as he tried to walk closer to the Grunge Buggy. Murky was bringing so much, that Lurky could only see Murky's arms and legs.

"Oh, quit standing there, Candy Cane Breath! Help me carry this to the Grunge Buggy!"

"Okay, Murky."

Lurky rushed to where Murky was and grabbed Murky's book bag and suitcase. Lurky ran so fast that he made Murky lose his balance. Lurky was so focused on his task that he didn't notice that Murky fell down on his bottom. Murky shook his head.

"Oooh! Watch it, Coconut Brain!"

He picked up the two suitcases that were lying right beside him and walked towards the Grunge Buggy. Murky took a close look at the Grunge Buggy and realized that there was not much room left. He picked up his luggage and stuffed it in the Garbage Can, where Murky usually sat.

Lurky was already in the driver's seat, ready to go. Murky climbed onto Lurky head and pulled out a map from his coat.

"Okay Lurky, I'll tell you the directions and you drive. You better not mess this up, Lurky. We can't afford to get lost!" Murky said while poking at Lurky's head to get his attention. Lurky looked up at Murky and smiled.

"Yeah. I won't let you down."

Murky looked at Lurky and frowned.

"You better…."

Lurky turned on the engine and the Grunge Buggy started to rattle. The Grunge Buggy took longer than usual to start, since it was not used to carrying so much weight. Murky gulped; he was unsure if the Grudge Buggy was going to start up.

Luckily, it eventually did and Lurky drove out of the Pits into unfamiliar territory. Murky watched the purple fog that covered the Pits slowly disappear. It never snowed in the Pits, so the further away they were from the Pits, the higher the snow was. He noticed how natural the scenery was, with the snow sparkling on the evergreen trees and on the ground. Murky hated it, but he knew that he had to tolerate it if he wanted this to work out.

For the whole drive, Lurky managed to follow Murky's demands correctly. However, the drive was so long, Lurky was drifting off to sleep.

"Okay, Lurky. If you go straight ahead, we should reach the abandoned Sprite Village."

"Yeah…." said Lurky, eyes slowly closing.

"Lurky….."

"Hmmm?"

"Lurky!"

Lurky gave no response. Murky looked down and face palmed when he saw Lurky with his eyes closed. Murky snapped his fingers and Lurky snapped to attention.

"Lurky, we're here!"